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I can't imagine a Mars base being useful in any meaningful way (aside from _maybe_ some sort of esoteric scientific utility) without reducing the transit time b
by tardo99 9y ago
I can't imagine a Mars base being useful in any meaningful way (aside from _maybe_ some sort of esoteric scientific utility) without reducing the transit time between the planets to at most a few days.
- megaman22 9y agoIf a compelling economic reason arises, travel times under current technology aren't unreasonable. In the age of sail, whalers and merchants routinely went on even multiyear voyages. There are other life-support challenges to surmount, but then again, we'll probably end up with robotic spacecraft anyway doing long haul routes, and that becomes more moot.